Bill Text: OR HJM201 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Urging Congress to pass Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Passed) 2012-02-21 - Filed with Secretary of State. [HJM201 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2012-HJM201-Enrolled.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session Enrolled House Joint Memorial 201 Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Veterans Affairs for Oregon Chiropractic Association) To the President of the United States, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Portland VA Medical Center: We, your memorialists, the Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent as follows: Whereas back pain and musculoskeletal injuries are among the most common conditions in combat operations; and Whereas musculoskeletal injuries such as back injuries have the lowest return-to-unit rate, at 13 percent; and Whereas the United States Department of Veterans Affairs 2010 data analysis of VA health care utilization among veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom cites diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective system, such as low back pain, as the number one ailment of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans accessing the department for treatment; and Whereas chiropractic physicians specialize in the examination, diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries and conditions such as low back pain; and Whereas chiropractic physicians use spinal manipulation as their primary mode of treatment for back injuries; and Whereas spinal manipulation is the only nonpharmacological treatment recommended for acute, subacute and chronic back pain by the State of Oregon Evidence-based Clinical Guidelines for evaluation and management of low back pain; and Whereas chiropractic physicians have the most comprehensive training in spinal manipulation; and Whereas, due to their extensive training and clinical outcomes, chiropractic physicians provide 94 percent of all spinal manipulation in the United States; and Whereas Congress enacted Public Law 107-135 and Public Law 108-170, instructing the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to hire chiropractic physicians and place them at various VA health care facilities throughout the country; and Whereas the Portland VA Medical Center has not hired a chiropractic physician; and Whereas the overwhelming majority of Oregon's eligible veterans continue to be denied access to the services provided by chiropractic physicians; now, therefore, Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon: (1) The Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly urges Congress to pass the Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act, passage of which would ensure the accessibility of the essential services provided by chiropractic physicians to veterans in Oregon. Enrolled House Joint Memorial 201 (HJM 201-INTRO) Page 1 (2) A copy of this memorial shall be sent to the President of the United States, to the members of the Oregon Congressional Delegation, to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and to the Director of the Portland VA Medical Center. ---------- Adopted by House February 6, 2012 ---------------------------------- Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House ---------------------------------- Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House ---------------------------------- Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House Adopted by Senate February 20, 2012 ---------------------------------- Peter Courtney, President of Senate Enrolled House Joint Memorial 201 (HJM 201-INTRO) Page 2